There
is a wild card on the horizon. Critics laugh at Donald Trump; they give him no
chance. They say he's too wild and unconventional. They say he's not
serious. Well, it appears he is
serious. He has put "Celebrity Apprentice" on hold. That's a $60
million sign of seriousness. Trump has already built a formidable campaign
organization in the early GOP primary states. Don't look now, but it appears
"The Donald" is about to officially announce he's entering the GOP
presidential race. So let's debunk the critics and naysayers and look at
reasons why Trump as president is no joke. [more...]

It
seems like the more I do stories about our institutions of higher learning, the
more I come to the conclusion that there are no real standards for those
teaching our young people. You may need a degree in order to teach, but that’s
about all; honor and integrity are no longer required. My home state of
Massachusetts shows that no matter how bad one’s character is, as long as they
have a degree and are flaming liberals, they're in. Boston University first
realized they had an issue with incoming sociology Professor Saida Grundy when
a Tweet she sent out was brought to the administration’s attention: "White
male college students are a 'problem population'" and "white
masculinity is THE problem for America's colleges." She is a black college
professor, not that that should matter. As a professor, she is supposed to have
open dialogue with her students. Can you imagine if a white college professor
Tweeted "Black male college students are a problem population and their
entitlement mindset is a MAJOR problem for American colleges"? They’d be
fired before the moving truck got there! [more...]

One
way to avoid losing money is to diversify, and not just in the type of stocks
you own. I am invested in the stock market, real estate, and many different
businesses. Even within my different investments, I maintain diversity. Whether
you choose to invest in yourself through your business or in the market through
an advisor, be sure to trust but verify. You should be able to have complete
confidence in either your advisor’s expertise or in your own knowledge about
the workings of your business. After all, the only way to combat uncertainty in
your investments is to have a good understanding of your markets and spread out
your assets. All routes of investment have great potential for success, but no
one investment is worth the risk of losing everything, however lucrative it may
seem. I detail more pertinent business tactics in my award winning and
best-selling book, "Sell Your Business For More Than It's Worth."
[more...]

Why
does President Obama deny that ISIS is gaining ground in Iraq and Syria? Why
does he countenance Ayatollah Khamenei refusing any inspections as part of the
Iran Nuke Deal? Do the newly released Hillary e-mails contain a smoking gun
that will hurt her candidacy? And why is there so little enthusiasm for the
2016 GOP candidates? This – and much more – are discussed by the POLITICAL INSIDERS live - on Fox
News Channel Sunday evenings at 7:30pm ET. [more...]

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Despite
the fact that Disney's latest film "Tomorrowland" cost $190 million
to make, was cleverly marketed, had a coveted Memorial Day weekend release
date, and counts among its cast members major A-lister George Clooney, the environmentally
correct movie has turned out to be a debut dud.

Falling
far short of its Hollywood expectations, the film managed to garner only $33
million in its three-day opening and disappointedly took in a lower than
expected $40 million over the four-day holiday span, barely edging out "Pitch
Perfect 2" in its second high-note week. "Tomorrowland" received
a below par "B" rating from CinemaScore. Now Disney finds itself in
the position of having to rely on robust international receipts to recoup its
massive investment. [more...]

Thursday, May 21, 2015

On this Memorial Day, we remember our
fallen heroes along with Eric Blehm who has dedicated his career to telling the stories
that honor the legacies of those who serve. Each book he has written is a
memorial that honors those in the stories who have paid the ultimate sacrifice -
from The Only Thing Worth Dying For, about the first Special Forces Team
to infiltrate the Taliban held Southern Afghanistan after 9/11; to
Fearless, the story of SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown who
overcame drug addiction and a life of crime to ultimately join the Navy and rise
to the highest level of Seal Team Six; to his newest book LEGEND, that now, forty years after the
Fall of Saigon, tells the story of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company, and
Medal of Honor Recipient, Special Forces Master Sergeant Roy P.
Benavidez.

In his new book LEGEND, Blehm
recounts the harrowing, true story of another warrior: Sergeant Roy P.
Benavidez, the legendary Green Beret who fought through more than thirty bullet,
bayonet and shrapnel wounds to rescue his fellow soldiers in a now-declassified
battle that continues to inspire new generations of heroes. It is the
unforgettable account and courageous actions of the U.S. Army's 240th Assault
Helicopter Company and Green Beret Staff Sergeant who risked everything to
rescue a Special Forces team trapped behind enemy lines.

In LEGEND, acclaimed bestselling
author Eric Blehm takes as his canvas the Vietnam War, as seen through a single
mission that occurred on May 2, 1968. A twelve-man Special Forces team had been
covertly inserted into a small clearing in the jungles of neutral Cambodia where
U.S. forces were forbidden to operate. Their objective, just miles over the
Vietnam border, was to collect evidence that proved the North Vietnamese Army
was using the Cambodian sanctuary as a major conduit for supplying troops and
material to the south via the Ho Chi Minh Trail. What the team didn't know was
that they had infiltrated a section of jungle that concealed a major enemy base.
Soon they found themselves surrounded by hundreds of NVA, under attack, low on
ammunition, stacking the bodies of the dead as cover in a desperate attempt to
survive the onslaught. When Special Forces Staff Sergeant Roy Benavidez heard
the distress call, he jumped aboard the next helicopter bound for the combat
zone without hesitation.

What followed would become legend in
the Special Operations community. Flown into the foray of battle by the
courageous pilots and crew of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company, Benavidez
jumped from the hovering aircraft and ran nearly 100 yards through enemy fire.
Despite being immediately and severely wounded, Benavidez reached the perimeter
of the decimated team, provided medical care, and proceeded to organize an
extraordinary defense and rescue. During the hours-long battle, he was
bayoneted, shot, and hit by grenade shrapnel more than thirty times, yet he
refused to abandon his efforts until every survivor was out of harm's way.

The case was reopened thirteen years later, in 1980, when a long lost -
and believed dead - Green Beret eyewitness whom Benavidez had rescued that day,
came forth and wrote a statement that revealed, once and for all, what happened
on that fateful day in May of 1968.

It is truly unfortunate that labor unions, once a true
force for protecting employee rights have become nothing more than gasping dinosaurs,
bent on avoiding extinction at the cost of the very members they are supposed
to protect. The preponderance of this dilemma is big labor bosses' objective of
increasing membership growth to pad their own pockets and press their political
agendas. This is not based on social justice as they would attempt to have
you believe, but rather the fundamental transformation of the United States of
America to a socialistic/communist country. In fact, big labor hypocrisy has
once again been brought to light on several fronts this past week, and is simply
continuing the philosophy of "do as I say and not as I do." [more...]

First, a potential presidential
candidate must stand on a rock solid set of conservative principles that deal with voters'
global insecurity - for example,
such global issues as foreign policy, military strength, national
security, protection of our borders, illegal immigration, and protection from
such threats as ISIS and EMP attacks against America. Those conservative
principles need to also address America's economic
insecurity, economic problems and stagnation – for
example, progressive policies that hurt job creation and create economic
uncertainty such as the Obamacare fiasco. A potential presidential
candidate must deal directly with protecting our freedom, protecting the
Constitution, following the Rule of Law, eliminating lawlessness in many places
in America, and permitting freedom of religion that voters used to assume as a
given. [Go here for a complete analysis...]

This
weekend's box-office results sent shock waves through Tinseltown, with "Pitch
Perfect 2" bringing in an unexpected $70 million+ in ticket sales. Not
only did the a cappella face-off film eclipse the big budget action movie
"Mad Max: Fury Road," it also became the first film to unseat the
superhero blockbuster "Avengers: Age of Ultron." "Pitch Perfect
2" made record-breaking news as well for having the largest take for a
cinematic musical opening and the biggest debut weekend for a first-time
feature film director, in this instance, Elizabeth Banks. [more...]

The
recent New York Times opinion piece
penned by Paul Krugman exemplifies what the problem is with political discourse
in our country. Under the guise of pointing out the effects of a polarized
political environment that uses intellectual dishonesty by those who disagree
with their point of view, he exposes himself to be like the very same people
that he mocks and belittles. The "policy success" of Obamacare that
he paints flies in the face of reality, and anyone who is not a practicing
physician cannot truly understand how policy affects the practice of medicine
and the delivery of healthcare. Patients are finding out what practicing
physicians have known all along – that having health insurance does not equal
access to quality healthcare. From the beginning the proponents of The
Affordable Care Act used the argument that having health insurance equaled
access to healthcare. However, the existence of The Emergency Medical Treatment
and Labor Act (EMTALA) passed by Congress in 1986 guaranteed that anyone who
needed emergency medical care whether they were a U.S. citizen or not would
receive it despite their ability to pay. [more...]

The
word "microaggression" has cropped up with increased frequency over
the last year to the point that now I see it almost daily. What does it mean? Webster's
says it has "no meaning." It's not a word. It doesn't exist. Various
blogs, papers, and online sources provide a definition, but they're not "official"
dictionaries. Based on my research, I've concluded that microaggression is
defined as: A made-up word used to try to intimidate those who are too
concerned about political correctness. It is aimed at non-issues that
ultimately hurt no one but a few overly sensitive "humans" to create
a distraction away from the real issues. [more...]

On
May 6, 2010, the New York Stock Exchange suffered what came to be called the "Flash
Crash," when the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted unexpectedly by
nearly 1,000 points in only minutes. A single Sell order valued at
approximately $4.1 billion purportedly set off a cascade of computerized
buy-and-sell programs around the world that are designed to respond
immediately, and without consulting human beings, to key changes in market
prices. As each major trading computer reacted, it could have triggered
programmed reactions in similar computers. Some want to believe that enough
circuit breakers have been added to stock trading to prevent an
economy-shattering crash like the one that cost traders more than a trillion
dollars in only a few minutes five years ago. But a violent sell-off in stocks
on February 29, 2012 was in its own way even more frightening – because
evidence suggests that it was driven by a powerful intelligence that was not
human. [more...]

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

July 2003, four months after American troops had entered
Iraq in a war Democrats authorized and supported, the leadership of the
Democratic Party turned its back on the young men and women it had just sent
into harm’s way and began a campaign of lies to discredit the war and sabotage
America’s efforts to defeat the terrorists who had rallied to the defense of
its monster regime. This was the greatest betrayal of our country in its
wartime history, yet Republicans and conservatives have not only allowed the Democrats
to get away with their treachery but have joined them in obscuring the facts of
the war and taking the wrong lessons from it.

The latest case of this travesty is an article
by Byron York in the Washington Examiner criticizing Jeb Bush for
defending the decision to go to war in 2003 – a war that ended in the defeat of
the terrorists and the establishment of a massive military base whose 20,000
troops would have stopped ISIS before it got started if Barack Obama had not
decided to abandon the country altogether. [more...]

Why are
the presidential candidates avoiding the term "middle class?" The
New York Times gives a progressive answer reporting how presidential
candidates have often dropped the use of the term "middle class." They
note that the term is no longer as positive as it once was to Americans: "The
phrase, long synonymous with the American dream, now evokes anxiety, an
uncertain future and a lifestyle that is increasingly out of reach." The
New York Times article is simply progressive-speak for the economic
uncertainty and insecurity that "middle class" Americans are feeling.
Of course, you don't hear progressives talking about how their progressive
social policies have damaged the middle class and middle class economics for
Americans. They also don't talk about how these same progressive social
policies have shrunk the middle class. According to a recent Pew
Charitable Trust study, the number of middle class families has declined in
every state in America. [Go here for a complete analysis...]

Despite
the times in which our country finds itself, it is somewhat mystifying that an
individual, who has used the highest of judicial posts to further radical
abortion views, shares perspectives held by high profile ill-famed eugenicists,
and has conveyed negative statements regarding the U.S. Constitution, holds a
seat on the High Court bench. Equally mystifying is that such an individual
would be the honored subject of a major upcoming Hollywood biopic, but it is
true. The life of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who Forbes once named as among the "100
Most Powerful Women," will evidently be immortalized on film. [more...]

Recently,
there has been a lot of criticism regarding where the Clinton Foundation,
powered by her family, has been receiving its funding. One of the companies
that has been providing cash to the Clintons' non-profit is a Moroccan
government-owned mining company called Office Cherifien des Phosphates (OCP).
The problem is that this company has been criticized for human rights
violations in the past. Media reports have varied, but all agree that the
company is completely void of caring about people before its profits. While the
purpose of all businesses is to ultimately make money, this company is
supposedly capitalizing on impoverished people, and for removing resources from
their land without adequately compensating the poor who are already struggling
to survive there. [more...]

Much
like the outrageous claims made by Iraqi Information Minister (a/k/a 'Baghdad
Bob'), we consistently hear from the White House that the economy is good, jobs
are on the rise, people are feeling better, and the biggie - we are living in
the safest time in history. In what universe? Consumer confidence is down, most
jobs created are part-time, the economy can't maintain a 2% misery index,
credit card debt is up, and home sales are down. This administration also goes
on to say there are no scandals, and no issues at the IRS. Benghazi, though a
tragedy, was played out by the U.S. perfectly and it all happened because of a
filmmaker. We are stuck in a Twilight
Zone marathon featuring the Obama Chronicles. [more...]

The
organizer of the Texas event, which offered a $10,000 prize for the "best
cartoon" depicting Muhammad, is Pamela Geller, head of the American
Freedom Defense Initiative. When Donald Trump accused her of
"taunting" Islamists, Geller replied that such speech was her right
and that "there's a war going on." This war, says Geller, is between
the Western Judeo-Christian tradition of free speech and tolerance, and the de
facto imposition of Islamist Shariah law that would stifle all speech critical
of Islam's prophet. Geller's centrist critics argue that by goading Islamists,
she put event attendees and Garland police at increased risk of being killed in
the war she fights. Shall we instead give a "heckler's veto" over our
freedom of speech to anyone who threatens lethal violence? When progressives in
the American media blame Geller instead of violent zealots, are they signaling
Islamists that intimidation works and can snuff out our constitutional right to
freely discuss their politicized religious ideology? [more...]

Are
the Polls Skewed to Make Hillary Look Good? Can All These Public Polls Be
Trusted?

How
can Hillary Clinton's poll ratings improve in the midst of the e-mail and
Clinton Foundation scandals? Are polls "cooked" or "skewed?"
What should we make of the three new entries in the GOP presidential race? And
what does the overwhelming 98-1 vote in favor of the Senate Iran bill mean for
the Iran Nuke Deal's future? This – and much more – are discussed by the POLITICAL INSIDERS live - on Fox
News Channel Sunday evenings at 7:30pm ET. [more...]

Thursday, May 7, 2015

A
conservative critic of President Barack Obama who twice found himself in tax
court with a hostile Internal Revenue Service says newly released government
documents from the cases against him prove his audits were acts of political
retaliation. "I've got proof that the IRS targeted me for my political
views," Wayne Allyn Root, a former Libertarian
Party vice presidential candidate, told "MidPoint" host Ed Berliner
on Newsmax TV
on Tuesday. [more...]

An American
jihadist associated with the Islamic State is reported to have posted a message
on social media vowing that the Islamic State would "slaughter"
Pamela Geller, the blogger whose American Freedom Defense Initiative sponsored
a "Draw Muhammad" contest in Texas last week. Two jihadists were
killed by a policeman guarding the contest site as they tried to storm the
meeting and conduct a Charlie Hebdo-style massacre. ISIS has taken credit for
the attack. The chilling message claimed that ISIS has "71
trained soldiers in 15 different states ready at our word to attack any target
we desire." The message warned that everyone hosting an event put on by
Geller or giving her "a platform to spill her filth are legitimate targets."
[more...]

The
now infamous Baltimore mom, Toya
Graham, did a good thing when she held her son accountable for his actions.
However, the loons on the Left say "no!" They say what she did was
wrong. And now Baltimore child protective services is investigating her. Their
statement, "If she would do this to her son in public, what is she doing
to her kids in private?" WHAT?! Are
they serious? We have seen many kids punch, even knock out, teachers in
classroom situations or on school grounds and that's them "acting out
because of their environment"? We are supposed to make excuses for them
and not hold them accountable. But a mom gets physical to ensure her child does
not act out criminal behavior and suddenly she's
on trial? [more...]

Shocking:
Experts Reveal How Terrorists Could Turn These 32 U.S. Cities into 'Radioactive
Holes'

World
War III may have already begun in the Middle East, with the destabilization of
governments and expansion of terrorism in Libya, Egypt, Iraq, and Yemen.
This is happening amid a struggle for regional dominance between two oil-rich
Muslim powers, Shiite Iran and its rival across the Persian Gulf,
Sunni Saudi Arabia. President Obama is promoting an agreement with
Iran that, according to U.S. allies such as Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, would "pave the way" to Iran's
theocratic regime acquiring nuclear weapons. Iran's ruling ayatollahs
believe that they can bring about the global triumph of Islam by launching
an apocalyptic war. It seems odd that President Obama wants to prohibit
law-abiding Americans from owning a .22 caliber rifle, yet is eager to
sign an agreement to help Iran's doomsday ayatollahs acquire atomic bombs.
[more...]

Is
America at grave risk of a devastating electro-magnetic pulse attack caused by
the detonation of a nuclear weapon in the atmosphere above our mainland?
Can an EMP attack happen this year or next year? Is this the most
serious threat to America since the Cold War ended? An EMP attack is a nuclear
electro-magnetic pulse explosion that would wipe out the nation's electric
power grid caused by the detonation of a nuclear weapon in the atmosphere over
the U.S. mainland. Its impact would take months or years to recover from,
if full recovery was even possible. [Go here for a complete analysis...]

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

I was targeted by the IRS in a coordinated attack at the
highest levels of government... and we now have the proof. My IRS files,
obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by Judicial Watch, clearly
implicate the IRS and a Democratic U.S. Senator.

As you’ll read here,
the fingerprints of the Obama administration and the Democratic Party are all
over my case. Until now, no one could prove the IRS was using politics as a
basis for vicious attacks against critics of the president. That just changed.

I was audited in 2011, and it started in a way that
government officials and IRS spokespersons claimed in a recent Wall Street Journal article can never
happen -- with a phone call. The IRS agent left a voicemail and then took
another unheard-of step and called my accountant who had my power of attorney
and told the agent he was forbidden to ever contact me again. Yet the IRS agent
called me again, only minutes later, telling me all about my political views.
How did an IRS agent know about my political views? Why was he telling me my
political views? I felt like I was being stalked.[more...]

Monday, May 4, 2015

In
a media world that has largely become more and more antagonistic toward
religion, an interesting trend appears to be emerging in the entertainment
business. A number of films, some of which are currently in various stages of
production, contain content that is appealing to faith-oriented individuals,
particularly those who are committed to Christianity.

Entertainment
industry studios have been witness to the high profit margins experienced by
faith-based movie fare such as "Son of God," "Heaven is for Real,"
and "God’s Not Dead," all of which exceeded expectations last year. However,
those who engage in film watching but who are adherents to the Bible are wary
following the disrespect and lack of authenticity that was displayed in movies
such as Darren Aronofsky’s "Noah" and Ridley Scott’s "Exodus:
Gods and Kings," which likewise were 2014 releases.

A
rather high profile film set to be released in the near future, which has a
group of prominent A-listers involved in its production, is "Apostle Paul,"
with Hugh Jackman in the lead role. [more...]